March 19, 2015 - "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Third Thursday Book Group - 1pm

For the March 19th meeting, the Library's Third Thursday Book Group will be reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.

" Wonderous... masterful... The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature , intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero." -- Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice).
"One gorgeous read." --Stephen King

Newcomers are always welcome, and you can pick up a copy of the book at the main desk.

NON-FICTION Book GroupWed. March 4 at 1pm and Thursday March 5 at 6:30 pm

Our new book group for readers of non-fiction continues with Frozen in Time. You’ll have two choices of meeting times: Wed. March 4 at 1pm and Thursday March 5 at 6:30 pm.

In Nov. 1942 a U.S.
cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the
search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously
all nine men aboard surrived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the
plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the
B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed
explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar
mount an expedition to solve the mystery of the vanished plane and recover the
remains of the lost plane's crew.